Quote of the Day

Here are a few from Miyamoto Musashi:

"Do nothing that is of no use"

“You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.”

“To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.”

and my favorite:

"It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first."

Another from Miyamoto Musashi:

"Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."

[MVP]

"That boy is so hard on shit he could F**k up an anvil"

My uncle speaking about his son.

MVP

[The Reaper]

First search, then post.

TR

[Sohei]

This is one that I often use to teach my guys to think about what they are going to say before opening their mouths and speaking something they shouldn't and being unable to fix the mess they caused due to their "speaking before thinking."

“He who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot.” Unknown

[ErikTheRed]

"Shit or get off the pot."

"That boy is so confused he doesn't know wither to shit or go blind!"

"Don't park your car in someone else's garage. "

[Warpath66]

Paraphrased from one of my military counselors:

Any hardship you face while you are here, any struggle back home that may distract you from your job, any physical weakness that may prevent you from achieving the objective; look past it. Supplement it with a determination to succeed. And when people ask you how you surmounted all the obstacles in your way, you can make all of these difficulties as a part of your incredible story, rather than just excuses.

"When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target." - Unknown

[Sohei]

“Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.” Author Unknown

This short statement says it all. A team can't stand without character. The entire team concept falls apart without unit integrity firmly in place. It's one of those characteristics that I feel are going by the wayside. Today, more than ever, we need mentors that teach and instill character in the next generation of Warriors.

[AMP]

It is not the strongest of the species, nor the most intelligent that survive. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.

Charles Darwin

[Dusty]

Big 'possum clime li'l tree.

J.C. Harris

[Warpath66]

"We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty." - John F. Kennedy

[rtune02]

Favorite serious...
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find that it was vanity;
But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. -T.E. Lawrence(of Arabia)

Favorite funny
(bill has meningitis)
Rob: "How are you fellin' buddy?"
Bill: "Not so great, but i think i'll live."
Rob: "Thats good to hear, I can't have you dying on me, I need someone to look after things after I go."
Bill: "I'll look after your wife."
Rob: "...wow..."

"One who is already wet does not feel the rain."
-Turkish Proverb

[Sohei]

To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.

Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)

In today's vernacular, "What is right isn't always popular and what's popular isn't always right".